mer Pacifique
\mɛʁ pa.si.fik\
The verdict
“mer Pacifique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand océan entouré par l’Asie, les Amériques, l’Antarctique et l’Australie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mer-pacifique · mer Pacifique · French
mer Pacifique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mer Pacifique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ pa.si.fik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mer Pacifique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mer Pacifique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɛʁ pa.si.fik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand océan entouré par l’Asie, les Amériques, l’Antarctique et l’Australie.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mer Pacifique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mer Pacifique, spelled M-E-R- -P-A-C-I-F-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Grand océan entouré par l’Asie, les Amériques, l’Antarctique et l’Australie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mer Pacifique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’équateur terreſtre ou la ligne équinoctiale, fait tout le tour de la terre, paſſe au milieu de l’Afrique, dans les États peu connus du Macoco & du Monoémugi, traverſe la Mer des Indes, les Iſles de Sumatra & de Borneo & la vaſte étendue de la Mer Pacifique ; l’équateur paſſe enſuite au travers de l’Amérique Méridionale, depuis la Province de Quito au Pé…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.